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 270 FIFTYSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 250-252. 1892. and the facts learned entered in permanent records, in which shall also be nosed the subsequent history of each child, so far as it can be ascertaine nwmis. Sec. 7. That the Commissioners of the District shall have authority to prescribe the form of records to be kept by the board of guardians, and the methods to be employed by them in paying bills and auditing Annual www- accounts; and an annual report of its operations hereunder shall be made by the board to the superintendent of charities. The superin- §»g¤¤¤¤¤q¤¤= of tendent of charities shall have full powers of investigation and report °° "°“’ d"°‘°“‘ regarding all branches of the work of the board, as well as over all institutions in which children are placed by the board; and it shall be his duty to recommend annually the appropriations which in his judgment are necessary to the carrying on of its work. Approved, July 26, 1892. July 26, 1892. CHAP. 251.-——An act to amend Section two of an act approved May fourteenth, -···*‘*"""“ eighteen hundred and eighty, being "Au act for the relief of settlers on public lands} Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Putin umn. States of America, in Congress assembled, That section two of an act apv¤1.21,p, iu. proved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An act tor the relief of settlers on public lands," be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: rm;. emnmmt “Sec. 2. In all cases where any person has contested, paid the landgf,-,{,?§_‘,QL}»‘;‘§*,},$§{‘° °f oillce fees, and procured the cancellation of any pre-emption, homestead, or timber-culture entry, he shall be notified by the register of the land ofllce of the district in which such land is situated of such cancellation, and shall be allowed thirty days from date of such notice to mma. enter said lands: Provided, That said register shall be entitled to a fee ree. of one doHar for the giving of such notice,to be paid by the contestant and pm;. .,; gguyhgtggg not to be reported: Provided further, That should any such person who ¤¤¤¤ •l¤*¤ ¤¤l·*¤· has initiated a contest die before the iinal termination of the same, said contest shall not abate by reason thereof, but his heirs who are citizens of the United States, may continue the prosecution under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and said heirs shall be entitled to the same rights under this act that contestant would have been if his death had not occurred. Approved, July 26, 1892. July 2*1 1892- CHAP. 252.-An act to amend an actentitled "An act to incorporate the Bright- ·w_"""" wood Railway Company of the District of Columbia." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United nm;inw»1n¤1iw¤,· States of America in Oongrexs assembled, That the charter granted to °°'"P””Y· the Brightwood Railway Company by an act of Congress approved }fj},”§—yéf°°· October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eightyeight, be, and the "'same is, amended as follows: r.. no mrnemi “That within six months from the date of the approval of this act, °‘""*° 1*******- the said Brightwood Railway Company shall equip and operate its existing line with the overhead trolley system of electric motive power, and shall thereafter maintain the road in iirst—class condition. That E*l“ll'm°¤t· the road shall be supplied entirely with new cars of the most approved pattern, which shall be run as the public convenience shall require,but not less frequently than one car every fifteen minutes from each end of the line, between live o’clock ante meridian and twelve o’clock midnight. ummm of mm. ~*S1·:c. 2. That within twelve months from the date of the approval of this act the said Brightwood Railway Company shall extend its tracks to the District line, as provided in the original charter of said company, and shall operate the new portion of the line in the same manner and under the same conditions as hereinbefore provided for the